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Subject: Re: End of an era

Author: Tony Hedlund

Date: 02:20:42 03/20/03

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On March 19, 2003 at 18:32:25, m.d.hurd wrote:

>On March 19, 2003 at 18:21:58, Steve Maughan wrote:
>
>>Mike,
>>
>>>I wonder, is this the end of an era for Fritz which topped the ssdf rating list
>>>almost every time it was issued or will Franz Morsch prevail and give us an
>>>upgrade to Fritz 8 that will top the list again ? What do others think ?
>>
>>Not sure where you coming from on this one.  Many different programs have topped
>>the SSDF including CTiger, ChessMaster, Junior, Shredder, Rebel and Genius.  I'm
>>not even sure that Fritz has topped the SSDF the most.  In fact ten years ago
>>Fritz was definitly not an absolute top program.  So I'm not sure there ever was
>>an era of Fritz dominance.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Steve Maughan
>
>I was thinking in terms of the last few years since around Fritz 6 probably
>around the year 2000 though Fritz 5.32 also topped the ssdf list at some point
>in 1998/9.
>
>Although there have been gaps where as you say others have topped the ssdf list,
>I would guess that Fritz has been top more than most during that period.
>
>Regards
>
>Mike

Richard Lang's programs was an era.

Tony



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